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embrasure

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em·bra·sure  (m-brzhr)
n.
1. An opening in a thick wall for a door or window, especially one with sides angled so that the opening is larger on the inside of the wall than on the outside.
2. A flared opening for a gun in a wall or parapet.
[French, from embraser, to widen an opening.]
em·brasured adj.
embrasure
Noun
1. an opening for a door or window which is wider on the inside of the wall than on the outside
2. an opening in a battlement or wall, for shooting through [French]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.embrasureembrasure - an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
porthole, port
opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight
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The other bank of the stream was open ground -- a gentle slope topped with a stockade of vertical tree trunks, loopholed for rifles, with a single embrasure through which protruded the muzzle of a brass cannon commanding the bridge.
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
There was a rustling in the shadows of a near-by corridor, and he could have sworn that he saw a human hand withdrawn from an embrasure that opened above him into the domelike rotunda in which he found himself.
The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
His stay at the castle of Stutevill was drawn out to three days, and then, on the third day, as he sat with Bertrade de Montfort in an embrasure of the south tower of the old castle, he spoke once more of the necessity for leaving and once more she urged him to remain.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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